Island Med Student

Today has been interesting. I got up at 4:00 a.m, went to the hospital for ob/gyn rounds, checking up on patients, SOAP notes, etc. Then we had over 2 hours of lectures until 11:30. By the end of the lectures, I was almost dead. Because I hadn’t eaten all day, my blood sugar was probably around 4. Plus I was completely in need of sleep and the monotonous voice of the doctors did not serve to arouse me very well. Because of 3 very nice volunteers in my group, however, I was granted the rest of the day off!

I came home, gorged myself on food. And then stared at my laptop. I knew that I should probably take what little time I had (I had a doctor’s appointment in a few hours) to reply to emails, work on my emergency medicine personal statement, and research residency programs to apply to. But you know what? I decided not to!

Instead, I clipped my way-too-long-for-me fingernails, took a bubble bath and shaved my legs. Then, I put on my headphones and walked outside towards the nearest nail salon. I listened to “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies, and enjoyed the feeling of sunlight on my skin for the first time in what seems like decades. I read my Mindfulness book while getting a wonderful pedicure and relaxed on the table while getting my eyebrows “did.”

I just walked back home, listening to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, while again enjoying the feeling of the fresh sunlight against my now shaven and beautifully plucked skin.

I am SO glad that I decided to do pamper myself, rather than work on anything related to med school. Sometimes, what you really need in life is to “Pour A Little Sugar on Me, Rainbow!”